Flu By Gina Kolalata Summary

The novel Fever 1793 , written by Laurie Anderson, is a narrative which describes the yellow fever epidemic in the late 1700’s. This epidemic caused the deaths of 5,000 or more people in a town of 50,000 in only 3 months. A young girl named Mattie from the town of Philadelphia has to deal with the deathly illness spreading around the world. The novel begins with the death of Mattie’s childhood friend, Polly. The citizens continued their daily lives shrugging off the death as a fluke and tried to ignore the fact that something was very wrong.

With so many people were dying already from the disease grief was high. Medication at the time was no wear near what it is in present times. The health statue of Europe was falling and the large masses of people who were dying began to raise horror in people. To correspond with that many people had little to no knowledge of cleanliness and how it can affect heath.

”(Botelho 7). Figuratively speaking this shows how the virus can dramatically increase in one year. As one can see, they are connected because they both show that change doesn’t happen gradually but at one dramatic moment because they were just suspected, but just in different

Influenza was a deadly virus that killed millions of people around the world back in 1918. The virus of influenza has eight genes with no fix structure, and the segment structure can change the virus fragmentation endlessly. The virus is independent and can replicate rapidly once it gets into your lungs which can the air pathway and the infected person would drown in their own body. People with the virus can spread it by coughing, sneezing, and sometimes people might touch a surface which has the virus on it and touch their mouth or nose without properly washing it. The virus has eight genes.

One of the most common theme that had a great impact on the people was “the lack of knowledge”. As mentioned in the book, Scientists and researchers were highly educated and trained. They had experienced hot agents before, but then Preston reveals that their knowledge of the filovirus was incomplete, since they didn’t find a cure or treatment for it. Moreover, many scientists and researchers were suspicious about the filovirus and they didn’t know the source of the Marburg and Ebola virus (filovirus) or how did it start.

In Cataclysm, we see a more traditional response to the Black Death in central Italy, with the Church playing a more dominant role. This is in stark contrast to the Spanish Flu, which had a much more modern and scientific response in Britain, with the government and medical experts leading research and treatments. This difference in approach is reflected in the two films, with Cataclysm relying more heavily on first-hand accounts and traditional imagery to portray the Black Death, and The Flu that Killed 50 Million relying more heavily on modern techniques such as interviews, archival footage and current medical understanding of the Spanish Flu to tell its

The virus had no cure yet, and there was research going on to see if it was possible to get its treatment. Similarly in the current world, humans protect themselves from contracting infectious diseases such as HIV or malaria. They apply all the preventive ways to curb the danger of contracting the diseases. In the film, Selena is seen to kill her fellow survivor Mark, who had been infected with the virus and Selena did not want to be infected. In the current setting, there are over one billion people in the world who are living with HIV/AIDS, and it does not have a cure.

The diseases affected everyone dramatically and changed how interactions

“European nations began world war 1 with a glamorous vision of war, only to be psychologically shattered by the realities of the trenches, the experience changed the way people referred to the glamour of battle , they treated it no longer as a positive quality but a dangerous illusion.” (Virginia Postrel) Many soldiers did not expect WW1 to be as gruesome as it was. “The War To End All Wars” changed the way people looked at war not just soldiers but the families and friends at home.

During the 18th century, smallpox caused by Variola virus was a dreaded disease. It spared no monarchs, no emperors, no rank, no age, and no constitution. It is believed to be as one of deadliest virus in mankind. No one is for sure when small pox appeared in human history, some say it started during the first agricultural settlements. Scientist believe it started as an animal virus, and at some point, the virus made a jump into the human population.

By comparing the Zika virus to the Dark Ages, it is evident that many conflicts result with similar endings. The Black Plague, the 100 Years War, the Renaissance, and other events consist of several issues like population changes and economic changes that result in the discovery of new technologies and other advancements. All of these issues tie together the modern day problem of the Zika virus with these specific events or time periods of the

The American doctors couldn’t find the right cure so that was when the French doctors came to America and helped treat the fever. The fever got spread due to infected mosquitoes. Refugees came to America and brought the disease. The American doctors along with the French Doctors had similarities and differences

So naturally once the disease had you for a week you wanted anything that would satisfy you… and there was plenty humans. The virus stayed with you for five months in that state and then you just… burnt out and died. After one year of this insanity the world was hopeless about finding a cure, all the resources went to protecting the last of the people and the orphans. Schools were built to house the overwhelming amount of orphans.

The Death Machine Within two years, it killed 50 million people worldwide. It hindered the lives of 500 million throughout the world, and 675,000 lay dead from this in the United States alone. This killer became known as the Spanish Influenza. The Spanish Influenza struck at the perfect time, on the tail end of World War I. With soldiers densely populated in bunkers, the flu spread like wildfire, especially when it arrived in the United States of America. The Spanish Influenza was a stone-cold killer.

In the 1800s, a serious outbreak took place killing thousands of people. This outbreak was called Scarlet fever. Although you don't hear about it now a days, it was known back then. The death rate for Scarlet fever was as at a minimum of one hundred thousand to as much as one hundred fifty thousand. This fever killing so many people is important because it's not a small amount.